1 P R O C E E D I N G S 

2 PRESIDENT VEEDER: Let's begin. 

3 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This is 

4 ICSID Case Number ARB/09/12, and we now start the 

5 first day of this jurisdiction hearing. We need, I 

6 hope, no introductions, and the Tribunal also 

7 understands that there are no immediate procedural 

8 issues to be addressed at this stage.